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Self-styled lord, cronies convicted of fraud in UK

Self-styled lord, cronies convicted of fraud in UK LONDON (AP) — A high-living, self-styled lord and five of his cronies have been convicted of defrauding victims of millions of pounds. Britain's Serious Fraud Office released details of the case on Wednesday after the last two defendants pleaded ...

Pink Triangle Trust welcome reaction to Nigeria's gay criminalisation plans

Pink Triangle Trust welcome reaction to Nigeria's gay criminalisation plans UK charity the Pink Triangle Trust has welcomed the reaction of the Nigerian Humanist Movement to their country's move to criminalise same sex marriage. The UK gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust has welcomed the reaction of the Nigerian ...

£40m boost for Fastlink bus routes

£40m boost for Fastlink bus routes The Glasgow Fastlink services will run along a "key development corridor" from Buchanan Street bus station to the new South Glasgow Hospital Campus site through Central and Queen Street stations. It will travel along the River Clyde in dedicated bus ...

Fears as sex crimes soar in Glasgow

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Fears as sex crimes soar in Glasgow : Sex crimes in Glasgow have soared to their highest level for five years, the Evening Times can reveal. Indecency offences and sexual assaults increased in almost every part of the city centre nightlife zone, according to figures from Strathclyde Police ... Glasgow Evening Times

Courts Brace for Realignment's New Sentencing System

Courts Brace for Realignment's New Sentencing System Some prosecutors privately decry the loss of state prison terms as an option in some cases. But public defenders like John Abrahams of Sonoma County are optimistic that a new emphasis on local supervision and programs for offenders will reduce the ...

UK prosecutors to outline Pakistan fixing case

UK prosecutors to outline Pakistan fixing case LONDON — British prosecutors were expected Wednesday to outline the case against two Pakistani cricketers accused of taking bribes to fix parts of a match against England. Former captain Salman Butt, 26, and fast bowler Mohammad Asif, 28, ...

International Charity Strengthens Online Brand Marketing with SDL

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International Charity Strengthens Online Brand Marketing with SDL : Compassion International is the world's largest Christian child development organization that permanently releases children from poverty . Founded in 1952, Compassion successfully tackles global poverty one child at a time, serving more than 1.2 million ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Top Tories go on the attack against rioters

Top Tories go on the attack against rioters : It was about greed and criminality fuelled by a culture of irresponsibility and entitlement. To those who say the judges were too tough, I say the guilty should get what they deserve.' Ken Clarke, the justice secretary, said the riots were a 'shocking ...

Council announces intention to launch private landlord licensing ...

Council announces intention to launch private landlord licensing ... National housing charity Shelter has given its backing to the scheme and Kay Boycott, director of communications, policy and campaigns at Shelter has said ...

Personal budgets to be extended to NHS

Personal budgets to be extended to NHS : Personal budgets are already used in social care, allowing disabled adults and older people to select and buy care packages that best suit their needs. By April 2014, they will be available to the 50000 people eligible for NHS Continuing Care. ...

Center in Ross County aims to reduce reoffenders

Center in Ross County aims to reduce reoffenders : The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections has approved use of the recently closed honors dorm at Ross Correctional Institution for the center. The center, to be named after retired DRC director and Chillicothe local Terry Collins, ...

Bishop of the Forces asks parishioners to care for mental health ...

Bishop of the Forces asks parishioners to care for mental health ... The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has established a short term Mental Health Project 2010 – 2012 to further encourage and inspire ...

Engineering, one of UK's fastest growing job sectors says WorldSkills

Engineering, one of UK's fastest growing job sectors says WorldSkills More than 1300 new apprenticeships have announced by a number of UK companies to mark the start of WorldSkills London 2011. Companies such as Cisco, 3M, Renishaw and Bentley Motors made the announcements prior to the event, which will also see hundreds ...

MP visits education charity

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MP visits education charity : It has recycled furniture from more than 130 schools across England, successfully saving more than 2000 tonnes from UK landfill. The charity recently used unwanted equipment from Corby Community College, which was demolished to make way for the new ... Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph

International Development UK to Cut Bilateral Aid for HIV AIDS ...

International Development UK to Cut Bilateral Aid for HIV AIDS ... The U.K. 's bilateral aid for HIV and AIDS will see a dramatic drop over the next four years even as the country will be increasing its total bilateral aid ...

Workers passing up 'free money'

Workers passing up 'free money' : Banking fraud fell in the first half of 2011, but criminals are turning to old fashioned methods to scam people out of their cash. Total fraud losses on UK cards fell to £169.8 million between January to June – a 9% decline compared with the same ...

People love libraries. That's why social care cuts are deeper

People love libraries. That's why social care cuts are deeper Given the scale of the planned cuts, you might expect a caring population to express anger about cuts to care for older people , about the impact of cuts on the highway network and congestion and about the impact of cuts on recycling. ...

How Archbishop Desmond Tutu's legacy is helping young people

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How Archbishop Desmond Tutu's legacy is helping young people : ... we will die together as fools," one freckled 10-year- old offers his own interpretation: "If we don't crack on, we're going to go to hell," he says. The ubuntu game is brought to the centre by the Tutu Foundation UK . Later this year the foundation, ... The Guardian

Cycle storage shelter to be unveiled

Cycle storage shelter to be unveiled : Hatfield Crookesbroom Primary School has teamed up with UK charity Sustrans ... of the school's new bike shelter at its site in Crookesbroom Lane with Coun ...

UK must prepare better for extreme weather and the elderly population

UK must prepare better for extreme weather and the elderly population The first results of the Durham and Heriot-Watt project, Built Infrastructure for Older People's Care in Conditions of Climate Change (BIOPICCC), are published in the journal Applied Geography. The study, based on data derived from the UK Climate ...

How can philanthropists make the most of social media?

How can philanthropists make the most of social media? ... raising over $100000 (£651000) from more than 2500 grassroots contributors to help LGBT youth. Less apparent, but perhaps more crucial, is social media's ability to reach excluded groups. Savvy Chavvy, a UK charity set up in 2008, ...

Seminar probes affordable housing needs

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Seminar probes affordable housing needs : UK -based Trowers & Hamlins teamed up with CFA Bahrain to discuss some of the solutions available to meet the growing need for affordable housing at a seminar held in Manama. A reputed law firm in the social and affordable housing field, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

True plight of squatters exposed by research

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True plight of squatters exposed by research : Squatters have been revealed as some of the most vulnerable of all homeless people by research published as the Government consultation into criminalisation of squatting comes to an end. The research reveals that squatters are more likely than other ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Ireland can show the way

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Ireland can show the way : Mental illness accounts for over 15 per cent of disease burden in developed countries. In the EU at least 83 million people suffer from mental health problems — 16.7 million in the UK alone. A reported 11 per cent of Irish people said they had ... Irish Medical Times

Stress now commonest cause of long-term sick leave – report

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Stress now commonest cause of long-term sick leave – report : The report highlights the strong links between job security and stress levels, with employers that are planning redundancies most likely to see a rise in mental health problems among staff. Such problems appear particularly acute in the shrinking ... The Guardian

Cocaine gang sent to prison for 43 years

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Cocaine gang sent to prison for 43 years : Keith Blenkinsop, 43, and Lindsay Harkins, 44, masterminded the smuggling of huge amounts of cocaine from Spain, and its distribution in the Glasgow area. xpect to be dealt with severely by the courts". Lord Doherty said that Blenkinsop, of Annan, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Inspector calls for review in dealing with sex offenders

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Inspector calls for review in dealing with sex offenders : By Gareth Rose JUST half of Scotland's sex offenders agree to undergo rehabilitation programmes in prison , prompting calls for an urgent review of how they are managed. Brigadier Hugh Monro, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Group: Overcrowding at state prison leads to rise in assaults

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Group: Overcrowding at state prison leads to rise in assaults : 1, including one in the prison library that sent a correctional officer to a St. Louis hospital with facial fractures. "Inadequate security not only jeopardizes the physical safety of inmates and staff, but it also undermines rehabilitation efforts and ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Weather study shows risk to elderly

Weather study shows risk to elderly : Many rural or semi-rural parts of England are likely to see rapid growth in elderly residents and will have to plan for how they are going to provide the services older people need in the face of a changing climate. Coastal areas, which will be at a ...

Prison hunger strike numbers decline

Prison hunger strike numbers decline : And on Tuesday the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported that there were 1186 inmates in four prisons on strike. Jay Donahue, a spokesman with the advocacy group Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity, said his group had not seen ...

University of Wales pulls in its tentacles

University of Wales pulls in its tentacles : What's the future many so called private blue chip operators within and outside UK Claiming to be providing the best British but Wales Degrees online and on campus? Take a close look at what UWIC (University of Wales Institute Cardiff ) and University ...

£40million cocaine-smuggling gang are sent to jail

£40million cocaine-smuggling gang are sent to jail : "The drugs - cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis - were destined for the streets of Glasgow but some were also distributed in the Dumfries area. " Drug trafficking at this level is of the utmost seriousness and the damage it does to our young people and ...

New homes must be fit for purpose, says leading architect

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New homes must be fit for purpose, says leading architect : The new president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) has a Channel 4 series featuring architecture in six European cities behind her. Right now, her passion is the lamentable design of much of the new housing in England. ... The Guardian

Charitable tribute to colleague

Charitable tribute to colleague : The housing company has raised money for numerous charities during the past six years, including the MS Society in Weardale, Cancer Research UK and victims of natural disasters. Their last fundraising campaign, in aid of the East African Famine Appeal, ...

Tories: Illiteracy Linked To Criminality

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Tories: Illiteracy Linked To Criminality : The Education Secretary warned of a rich-poor divide in UK education. Denying gifted poor students access to good universities would be an act of economic "self-harm", he said. I admire Nick Clegg hugely. He took an enormous risk for his party and he ... Sky News

Mothers on the Margins - A Campaign By Health Poverty Action Group

Mothers on the Margins - A Campaign By Health Poverty Action Group : Mothers-to-be in poor countries are up to 250 times more likely to die in childbirth than in Britain. The rarity of UK maternal mortality stands in stark contrast to the hundreds of thousands of women who die in the developing world each year. ...

Springfield staff protest at mental health cuts

Springfield staff protest at mental health cuts : NHS staff held a lunchtime protest last Thursday at Springfield Hospital, Tooting to draw attention to cuts in mental health services. Nurses, therapists and doctors employed at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust joined in the ...

Mental Health Film Festival returns to the capital

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Mental Health Film Festival returns to the capital : The official launch party will take place at St Brides Centre on Tuesday, October 4 with special guests Professor Dinesh Bhugra, chair of the Mental Health Foundation UK and Dr Andrew McCulloch, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation. ... STV Local

Elderly South Africans And Brazilians, A Happy Lot

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Elderly South Africans And Brazilians, A Happy Lot : The new research thus shows that with the right policies in place, a developing country can significantly improve the wellbeing of its older citizens. The average levels of wellbeing experienced by older people in South Africa and Brazil improved ... MedIndia

Amid Europe's crisis, UK skeptics seek looser ties

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Amid Europe's crisis, UK skeptics seek looser ties : Delegates at an annual rally of the governing Conservative Party this week are looking to the continent's economic woes as an opportunity to revive old debates about Britain's relationship with Europe. Costly bailouts and meddling judges are cited as ... United Kingdom | Ireland